Tagged: nile

February 27, 2013

Top 10 Things to Do in Egypt for Kids

Egypt doesn’t necessarily spring to mind as a place to visit with children, which is weird given how scarily obsessed some kids can become with...

April 30, 2012

On market day the little Nileside town of Daraw comes alive in a chaos of stalls and traffic. Nubian men in pristine robes squeeze their...

April 20, 2012

The little town of Daraw is famous for its weekend camel market. It was just an ordinary market day when we visited while sailing a...

April 19, 2012

Given we had a felucca for three nights and — well, I could have sworn four days, but them’s the breaks, mustn’t grumble and the...

April 18, 2012

Lounging on cushions, Z high in the mast above, I watch a kingfisher flutter into a desperate hover, plunge deep into the Nile and emerge...

April 10, 2012

Now, it is easy to whinge about Cairo – and, lord knows, I have! Frankly, as a visibly foreign female visitor, tourist Cairo makes the...